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Because guggul is a specialised medicinal crop and the wild plant is endangered, the smart move before planting is to line up your market and any support, not to grow first and hope. Genuine buyers are Ayurvedic and herbal medicine manufacturers, pharmaceutical units using guggul, and traders in medicinal plants, and an FPO or grower group makes it easier to reach them with worthwhile volume. The National Medicinal Plants Board and state medicinal plants boards, along with agencies promoting medicinal plant cultivation, may offer guidance, planting material, training and sometimes subsidy or buyback linkage for medicinal crops, so approach them and your KVK to ask what support exists for guggul in your area. Be cautious of any agent promising a fixed high buyback without a solid track record, and verify the buyer's genuineness and check current prices, which vary by grade and year, with actual herbal traders. Since the species is protected, follow legal and sustainability rules. Confirm the market and any scheme support locally before relying on income.
We approached a medicinal plants board for guidance and that helped more than dealing with random middlemen. Treat it as a niche crop with a niche buyer, line that up first. The demand is genuine because wild guggul has become so scarce.